Archive for May, 2009
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Jack the knife asked: According to the US government, the best way to do this, apparently, is to bomb countries from 25,000ft, capture people off the street from around the world (from Africa, not just Iraq/Afghanistan) , lock them up in Guantanemo without trial or representation becuse they are 'obviously ...
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Thursday, May 21st, 2009
shawnclay asked: Please don't conclude that I have bias for or against violence to achieve desired outcome. It is a question to encorage thought and debate.
That would be to encourage thought and debate.Antonio
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Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Elmo [N/a/z] knows where I live. asked: From the Ninteen eighty-four novel by Geroge Orwell. Shed some light??Dennis
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Joe S asked: Is the comparison fair?Louis
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Monday, May 18th, 2009
Kelly asked: I know these are the party slogans, but what is Orwell trying to portray with them? He uses them periodically throughout the novel, so they must be inportant! Thanks!Jorge
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Sunday, May 17th, 2009
Paulina asked: My essay is about how Newspeak controls the thoughts of the public and how theyre not given the freedom to speak theyre mind but only the words allowed in Ingsoc
the title i had in mind would be something like "Newspeak: The ___ of Nineteen Eighty-Four" and the word ...
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Sunday, May 17th, 2009
ORWELL asked: Some observations from President Obama's press conference (tagged by LA Times' liberal writer, Andrew Malcolm, "Barack Obama's delivery of no news is quite smooth"): In messages reminiscent of George Orwell's "1984" or "Brave New World," Obama tried to convince us that he'll cut the deficit by growing the ...
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Friday, May 15th, 2009
random_ppl asked: I just finished reading 1984 by George Orwell and I do not understand what Orwell is trying to say by, "War is Peace, Ignorance is Strength, Slavery is Freedom" can someone please clarify?Cory
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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
sugarblast2005 asked: there are three oxymorons in 1984
freedom=slavery
war=love
ignorance=strength
what do they mean?
whoops i mean war=peaceWarren
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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
! asked: Is democracy the best form of government? The majority rules, but what happens to the freedoms and rights of the minority? Do you really think democracy is perfect? If so, imagine two wolves and a sheep voting what to eat for supper.
I'm not ranting about Prop 8. I'm ...
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